Mini-symposium on surface science in environmental research

The connections between surface science and the conference topics are many: thin film semiconductors (energy conversion), catalysis (waste and pollution treatment, energy conversion) and novel smart material (energy storage) are some examples. The aim of this symposium is to highlight the contribution that surface science community can offer to environmental and sustainable growth issues.

Mini-symposium on FEL and Synchrotron based techniques

Aim of the mini-symposium is to present the unique opportunities available at synchrotron and free electron laser facilities for exploring the structure and transient states of condensed matter, soft matter and low-density matter using a variety of spectroscopy, diffraction, and scattering techniques. The symposium will focus on fundamental and applied problems, whose solution should lead to the development of new systems with unique physicochemical properties in the field of materials and technologies for sustainable growth.

Mini-symposium on Operando methods in energy research

Operando spectroscopy is a methodology that combines the spectroscopic characterisation of a catalytic material during the reaction with the simultaneous measurement of the actual performance of the catalyst, e.g. conversion and selectivity. It is the simultaneity of spectroscopic study and kinetically relevant activity measurement that makes operando a step beyond in situ characterisation. This mini-symposium is intended to gather researchers working with operando spectroscopy applied to different catalytic reactions and catalysts, with a view towards energy and environment, that is, towards sustainable growth.

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ECo MaTech will be held in Bled (Slovenia) from 19th to 21st of September 2013.

Eco MaTech is the third edition of a conference that started in 2009. The aim of ECo MaTech is to gather representatives of academic and R&D institutions, industry, governmental agencies and civil society to:

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